Companies Seek to Seize on Change That Has Many People Using Mobile Devices Instead of PCs

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook says he does 80% of the work of running the world's most valuable company on an iPad.

"There's no reason why everyone shouldn't be like that," Mr. Cook said in an interview, explaining why Apple struck a partnership with International Business Machines Corp. to develop applications catered to big businesses, or enterprises. "Imagine enterprise apps being as simple as the consumer...

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